how many channels are there on sirius xm?> 150, 160, depending on the time of day and the time of year. >> enormous. yeah, you take no advertisements. i am sure that you keep no records of the viewership. >> correct. >> listenership. how do you know what to put on? >> welcome a part of it is instinct. part of is is you have to have a sense -- >> i know that potus channel 124, people listen to, because the right to me about it from all over the country. >> we have a mission but you have to state rigorous -- you have tuesday rigorous about what people expect. >> this is a throwback to the old bbc. >> that is a point. we do what is right. we do what we think we should. "we're going to interrupt here for a commercial. this is actually for the benefit of your listeners, to tell them that they're listening to "white house chronicle" from washington, d.c., with myself llewellyn king and with tim farley, the host and program director of sirius xm radio's potus channel 124. this program, we're glad to say, can also be seen around the

sirius logic has had a remarkable run. that's the sound for apple., wasn't able to fill demand. that's why people like smith and wesson, a good yield. sea gate is problematic. they're in balance in head drives. looks like they're not going to be able to blow out the numbers time and again. you have a refreshment stock, a goods and services auction play, you have a gun play and then you have two that are too much the same. you're going to sell sea gate. get out of sea gate and own a health care stock. maybe like a bris tom myers or hormel. own a food company. that would be a nice diverse case. ted in florida. >> caller: booyah from sunny palm beach, dr. cramer. >> i love palm beach. what's going on? >> caller: please tell me if i'm diversified, apple, baker hughes, cisco, intel, century link, ctl. >> okay. no. no. you got some real work to do here. century link, that's fine. that's a higher yielding slow growth teleco. baker hughes, not great oil services company so you have oil services and teleco. then you have these three. these are all in the same

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leave sirius.adio has been very libera liberating. we do have a contract dispute going on, but i do enjoy working there. that's it? >> starting monday -- >> wait. >> i'm done. >> what do you mean, you're done? >> that's all i got. >> you know you look good. i want to say something. i'm honored to be on the "today" show. >> it's only a four-hour show. >> i never get to be at the "today" show. >> right. >> matt and i are personal friends. we sit at my home, we drink wine and we evaluate the "today" show. we're in a competition with "good morning america." we have to win. >> oh, look at the time. >> i liked when al roker was fat better. it's like a put a pin in him. >> and you can catch the season premiere of "america's got talent" monday night. >> come here, baby. >> 8:00/7:00 central right here on nbc. >>> coming up, a rare interview with adele, but first these messages. (bell rings) hi. good morning. big news. we're spreading the word about new honey bunches of oats fruit blends and their unique ta

bill burton is the head of priorities u.s.a., julie mason with sirius xm radio.le bit about. talking about mr. romney and who is really behind him. >> he is the $200 million man. and big oil's finger prints are all over him. big oil's pledged 200 million to help mitt romney. big oil, and billions in special tax breaks. when you fill up your tank, remember who is in the tank for big oil. mitt romney, the $200 million man. priorities u.s.a. are responsible for the content of this advertising. >> a little harsh on mitt romney. >> damn, that's a good ad. julie, did you see that. >> big oil is just the cartoon villain of this election cycle. big oil. >> but he is really, i mean, you have got the facts there. >> right. >> he really is in their -- he is their defender. >> he is their guy. >> to give them the tax breaks. he is their guy, mr. bain capital. >> there is a reason that the koch brothers and the big oil guys are getting behind mitt romney. it's because they know if mitt romney is elected, he is going to do what he is telling folks. >> obama warrants to cut sub

this is to remind our listeners, primarily on sirius xm radio, that you are listening to "white house chronicle," from washington d.c. with myself llewellyn king, my closest -- co-host linda gasparello, darren gersh, laure mandeville, and michael fauntroy. you were saying? [laughter] >> something about a cream that you put over the welland. -- wound. one thing i hear from people is that there is crisis exhaustion taking hold in europe. they have been on prices watch for years. >> crisis fatigue. >> crisis fatigue. are you seeing that? they have almost put a structure in place with the firewall and what not. >> you mean if by some miracle the -- >> they are running out of gas, kind of. >> the question is, what happens to the road? r -- to the euro? >> and how do you break up the currency? there are many arguments that getting out of the euro for greece would allow them to reevaluate and attract exports, but how do you do it? do you announce that tomorrow you have to trade your your rose 4 drachma -- euros for drachma? they would all be in germany tomorrow. in yugoslavia, there were all

for the benefits primarily of our listeners on sirius xm radio, channel 124, where am glad to sit audiom this program is broadcast every saturday and 9:30 a.m., 3:30 p.m., and again at 9:30 p.m. eastern time. you could also see the program worldwide on the english- language stations of the voice of america and the 200 american television stations, public television, and the so-called peg stations, public, education and government channels, including midland mich., who -- midland, mich., and the newspaper there publishes my column. i am llewellyn king. this is "white house chronicle" and my guest is the amitai etzioni of the george washington university, formerly of columbia and harvard. we're talking about china. i see this as maybe a power in the future, and you say why does not be predisposed to saying this is a problem, which because of your specialty in sociology causes me to test this question -- historically, when have countries built up this probability of war when there are no causes? >> it is very common. >> world war i, world war ii. >> world war i is the classic example. worl

sirius denies that government troops carried out the massacre in the town of houla as the death toll rises to one hundred eight hundred forty nine children russia points to evidence showing many of the dead were executed rather than having been killed by army shelling. and here's why it's of more interest in the region as religious factions in lebanon become increasingly divided over the syrian conflict trouble erupted between sunni opponents of president assad's regime and its alawite supporters. ten thousand canadians a march against to wish an heights in the new law to curb demos despite previous protests ending in clashes and the. next as promised we explore the possible consequences of the conflict in syria as the country's deputy foreign minister talks to r.t. . we're joined today by syria's that pretty foreign minister thank you very much for joining us despite all the efforts safe to put an end to the violence in syria is continuing and seems to be increasing why is the syrian government been unable to put an end to this well actually it is the very strong desire and determin

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i'm glad you're up with us this morning, watching on msnbc or listening on sirius xm radio. shoot me an email or tweet me @williegeist 1. or text your response to 622639. we'll read your best responses later. the next 30 minutes will be your cram session for this thursday, may 31st. a lot to tell you about, including seattle in a state of shock after a deadly shooting spree there yesterday. we'll have the latest. >>> plus -- >> these damn bills that come up all the damn time, come out here at the last second and i got try to figure out how to vote for my people. >> and an illinois state legislator absolutely melts down on the floor of the house. we'll tell you what got him worked up. first, the news live at 5:30 a.m. >>> the options how to deal with the bloodshed in syria coming into focus. so far, little if any consensus on what needs to happen to stop the violence there. president bashar al assad is showing no signs of ending his brutal crackdown against opposition forces. and russia, which holds veto power in the united nations security council is vowing still to block in

i'm glad you're up with us this morning watching on msnbc or listening on sirius xm radio. shoot me an e-mail or tweet me, let me know what you're doing up at this hour. or do what bryce harper does, we'll read the best responses later in the show. the next 30 minutes will be your cram session for this wednesday, may 2nd. a lot to tell you about, including news that the escaped blind chinese dissident has now left the united states embassy and china has some tough words for the u.s. on the matter. >>> plus, jon stewart imagines what kind of dancing there would have been if george w. bush had been the president to get osama bin laden. that clip later in the show. >>> first, let's get to the news live at 5:30 a.m. here at 30 rock in new york city. >>> a new suicide attack by the taliban this morning underscores the long-term challenges that face afghanistan, challenges president obama addressed from kabul last night in the trip to the war zone to lay out what he called a new chapter in the u.s. mission there. at least seven people were killed by insurgents today, just hours a

glad you're up watching us or listening live on sirius xm radio. shoot me an email or tweet me @williegeist 1, or. the next 30 minutes will be your cram session for this tuesday, may 1. there's a lot to tell you about, including occupy wall street promising new disruptions today. plus, hillary clinton writes herself personally to a hollywood star who has been talking about her quite a bit on the red carpet. who was it, and what did the secretary of state say? we'll tell you later in the show. >>> first, let's go to the news, live at 5:30 a.m. here at 30 rock in new york city. >>> marking the one-year anniversary of the death of osama bin laden, mitt romney is campaigning today, here in manhattan with former new york city mayor, rudy giuliani. bin laden's death coming about as a major political talking point in the last few days. romney is pushing back against suggestions from the obama campaign that he, mitt romney, would not have gone after bin laden as the president did. >> even jimmy carter would have given that order. >> even jimmy carter would

listening live on sirius xm radio, shoot me an e-mail or tweet me @williegeist1. the best responses will be read later. >>> the next 30 minutes will be your cram session, a lot going on including the mayor of newark, knowledge new jersey and supporter of president obama cory booker defending boehner capital. we will let him explain. >>> plus, we should be sent out this way. kristen wiig dances with her castmates as she's serenaded by mick jagger on her last show on "snl." first of all, to the news, live at 5:30 a.m. here at 30 rock in new york city, president obama will lead day two of talks in chicago with dozens of foreign leaders as nato works out the timetable for ending the afghanistan war that has lasted for more than a decade. members of the 28-nation alliance expected to endorse a plan to hand over control of combat operations to afghan forces by the middle of next year. 2013. the majority of foreign troops will leave the country then by the end of 2014. president obama met with afghan president hamid karzai to reaffirm the agreement the two of them struck

i'm glad you are up this morning with us this morning watching on msnbc or listening live on sirius xm radio. shoot me an e-mail at way too early@msnbc or tweet me at williegeist 1. or you can do what paul pierre does and text the word awake followed by your response to 622639. we'll read the best responses later in the show. >>> the next 30 minutes will be your cram session for this thursday, may 24th. there's a lot going on today, including new revelations that last month's fiesta in colombia wasn't the first time secret service agents ran into trouble on the job. >>> plus -- >> i think it's especially applicable to today's ceremonies. it goes like this. ♪ this is how we do it >> "saturday night live's" andy samberg sends off harvard's class of 2012 with a hilarious speech. that's ahead in the cooler. >>> but let's get to the news live at 5:30 a.m. here at 30 rock in new york city. >>> new poll numbers show president obama holding a narrow lead over mitt romney in three key battleground states. according to nbc news marist poll, he edges out the likely republican nominee by six point

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i'm glad you're up with us this morning watching on msnbc or listening live on sirius xm radio. shoot me an e-mail, tweet me, whatever your pleasure. let me know what you're doing up at this hour. or do what the french do, text the word "awake" to 622639. we'll read the responses later in the show. the next 30 minute sz your cram show for this monday may 7th. >>> the air strike in yemen looks to have killed one of the men who is alleged to have been behind the 200 bombing of the "uss cole." we'll have details there. >>> plus, jon stewart goes between two ferns with that gentleman there, zach galifianakis. how could you possibly miss that? we'll have the clip later in the show. >>> first let's get to the news, live at 5:30 a.m. here at 30 rock in nor p new york city. a political backlash against fiscal austerity is sweeping across europe. in france, francois hollande defeated french president nicholas car soezy in a runoff sunday. a string of politicians to fall. mr. hollande's victory for the socialist movement signals a shift to the left as france deals with its struggling econ

glad you're up watching us on msnbc or listening to us on s sirius xm radio. or text the word awake followed by your response to 622639. we'll read the best responses later. the next 30 minutes will be your cram session for this wednesday, may 30th. a lot to tell you about, including the u.s. state department suggesting iran i'd aided and abetted the massacre last week in syria. where is that coming from? >>> plus the president invites bob dylan to the white house, and yes, dylan rolls in wearing shades. we will count the ways we love bobby a bit later in the show. >>> first, to the news live at 5:30 a.m. in 30 rock in new york city. the u.n. security council meets today to discuss the crisis in syria. but there is little hope that diplomats in new york can do anything to stop the increasingly brutal conversation. just this morning, russia and china insisted they will block any attempt by the council to authorize foreign military intervention. russia has been a long-time ally of syria and has economic interests in the country. now standing in the way, saying a

i'm glad you're watching or listening live on sirius xm radio. tweet me @wil @williegeist. the next 30 minutes is your cram session. a lot to tell you butting the ceo of yahoo! stepping down because of a mistake on his resume. did he really mean to do that. >>> plus, will ferrell returns "snl" and brought "w" him. >> i used to catch grief all the time from president cheney. >> highlights of his big night upstairs a by later. first to the news live at 5:30 a.m. at 30 rock in new york city. the chief investment officer at jpmorganchase is set to step aside after its $2 billion loss. ina drew is being held accountable for the financial blunder which cost the company $14 billion in stock market value. investors learned about it last week. jamie dimon spoke on "meet the press" to david gregory yesterday. he says it's too early to know if any rules were violated but the level of miscalculation is clear. >> we know we were sloppy. we know we were stupid. we know there was bad judgment. we don't know if any of that is true yet. of course, regulators should look at this. it's their

i'm glad you are up and watching on msnbc or listening on sirius xm radio. you can e-mail me or tweet me. or text me word awake followed by your response to 622639. we'll read the best responses later in the show. >>> the next 30 minutes will be your cram session for this tuesday, may 29th. a lot to catch up on after the long weekend, including mitt romney and the president on memorial day debating from afar the role of the united states military in the world. we'll show you that in just a minute. >>> plus, a bizarre cameo by a young american billionaire in a chinese csi-style documentary. no hints about who it is except that he just got very rich and very married. did you catch it there? the big reveal later in the show. >>> first, kofi annan is meeting with syrian president bashar al assad in damascus today to try to bring an end to the increasing and ugly bloodshed there. annan is a specially envoy of the u.n. to syria. it follows a weekend of gruesome massacres that have left more than 100 dead, including children. we begin with richard engel. >> reporte

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i'm glad you're up with us watching on msnbc or listening live on sirius xm radio. e-mail me or tweet me, let me know what you're doing up. or do what one percenters everywhere do, text "awake" followed by a response to 622639. we'll read the best responses n later. >>> your cram session for this wednesday, may 16th, a lot going on, including mitt romney describing a, quote, personal beef between the obamas and the clintons. what's he talking about exactly? we'll look into it. >>> plus, the great james lipton offers mr. romney a free course in, quote, acting like a human. you've got to see this clip. first, though, let's get to the news live at 5:30 a.m. here at 30 rock in new york city. >>> washington is bracing for yet another standoff over the debt ceiling. remember that last year? this time it will come at the height of a presidential election. house speaker john boehner warned yesterday he will not allow another hike in the nation's borrowing limit unless it's offset by a bigger amount of spending cuts. he's also ruling out any new taxes. same set of demands re

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i'm glad you're up with us this morning watching on msnbc or listening live on sirius radio. you can shoot me an e-mail or tweet me. let me know what you're doing up at this hour. you can text to word awake followed by 622639. weel read the best responses later in the show. the next 30 minutes will be your cram session for this tuesday, may 8th. a lot to tell you about including more pressure on the obama administration over the question of gay marriage after education secretary arnie duncan said on "morning joe" yesterday that he, too, supports it. >>> plus, there's this movie coming out this summer where will farrell and zach are running against each other for congress. we have the first of their campaign ads. can't wait to show you a little bit later in the show. >>> first let's get to the news live at 5:30 a.m. here at "30 rock" in new york city. we have we're getting more details about an alleged plot to blow up a u.s. bound passenger plane. the plan was broken up by the cia who intercepted the bomb with the help of intelligent partners. the fbi is analyzing the device t

i'm glad you're up with us watching on msnbc or listening live on sirius radio. shoot me an e-mail or tweet me. why are you up this hour? or text the word "awake" followed by your response to 322639. the next 30 minutes will be your cram session for this tuesday, may 15th. a lot going on today. >>> including a stunning turnaround among women for mitt romney. according to one "new york times" poll, we'll look at those numbers. plus, our man chris matthews goes from "hardball" to "jepor di". >> full name of the u2 pilot shot down over the soviet union in 1960? chris? >> who is gary powers? >> we need the full name. >> who is gary powers? >> no. >> it doesn't work that way, chris. you don't just keep asking. chris versus trebek. god, i love that man. >>> first let's get to the lose live at 5:30 a.m. jpmorgan chase ceo jamie dimon face his shareholders for the mistake in trading cost the bank $2 billion. it wasn't just the initial trade, the company's stock price has dropped 13% since thursday when he announced it, wiping out almost $20 billion in nashgt value. the "

i'm glad you're up with us this morning, watching on msnbc or listening live on sirius radio. shoot me an email or tweet me, @williegeist 1. or do what will and grace do text by the word "awake" followed by your response to 622639. we read the best responses later. the next 30 minutes will be your cram session for this thursday, may 10th. a lot to tell you about. including a breakdown of where the country actually stands on question of gay marriage. we'll see what this can tell us about how the president's announcement will play. the texas prison inmate who got himself on the ballot in west virginia's presidential primary. and with the help of his raccoon tail swiped 41% of the vote. we'll get up close and personal with mr. keith judd later. >>> first the news live at 5:30. after years of evolving on the issue, and frustrating his progressive supporters, president obama made history yesterday. becoming the first sitting president to say gay and lesbian couples should have the legal right to marry. the white house admits the president did not intend to make an announcement this

you're listening live on sirius xm radio. you can e-mail me or tweet me @williegeist1 and let me know what you're doing. or text the word awake followed by your response to 622639. we'll read the responses later on in the show. the next 30 minutes will be your cram session for this wednesday, may 23rd. a lot to tell you about, including a woman pulled off a plane after she passed a note to the flight crew that said she had an explosive device surgically implanted in her body. new details on that story. >>> plus, prince charles perhaps the stiffest living human being gets behind the turntables and spins some records with the kids. we'll try to make sense of this double-breasted video a little bit later in the show. first, though, let's get to the news live at 5:30 a.m. here at 30 rock in new york city. >>> a new nbc news/"wall street journal" poll shows the public view on the economy will keep the presidential race neck and neck all the way to november, very likely. right now, 43% of those surveyed approve of president obama's

i'm glad you're up with us this morning watching on msnbc, or listening live on sirius xm radio. shoot me an e-mail, or tweet me @willieguest1. let me know what you're doing up at this hour on a friday or do what dave robertson does text the word awake followed by your resons to 622639. we'll read the best responses a little bit later in the show. the next 30 minutes will be your cram session for this friday, may 4th. a lot going on today, including the release of documents seized in the raid that killed osama bin laden a year ago this week. we'll tell you what new we learned. plus stephen colbert tries to help patch things up between mitt romney and his former primary rivals who just can't seem to muster the enthusiasm to get behind the soon-to-be nominee. that clip later in the show. first let's get to the news. live at 5:30 a.m. here at 30 rock in new york city. president obama's re-election campaign has been under way for some time, of course. but he's making it official tomorrow in virginia. the state played big in his 2008 victory and of course will be a key battleground in

i'm glad you're up with us this morning watching on msnbc or listening live on sirius xm radio. you can e-mail me or tweet me @willieguest1. let me know what you're doing up at this hour. or do what zuck himself does text the word awake followed by your response to 622639. we'll read the best responses later in the slow. the next 30 minutes will be your cram session for this friday. if it's friday, may the 18th, a lot to tell but, including the release of a ton of new evidence in the trayvon martin shooting case that may change the way you look at what happened that night. we'll go through it. plus, our man, chuck todd, reveals himself to be the last guy you want to see at twrif yeah night at your local bar. absolutely cleaning up last night on jeopardy. we'll show you check's skills later in the show. first, though, let's get to the news live at 5:30 a.m. here at 30 rock in new york city, at 11:00 this morning, facebook will begin trading at $38 a share. and you, too, can have a piece of the action. the social media giant selling a 15% stake in the 8-year-old company that's now

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i'm glad you're up with us this morning watching on msnbc or listening live on sirius xm radio. e-mail me, won't you? waytooearly@msnbc.com is the address or tweet m me @williegeist1. i want to know why you're awake this hour. or do what the london whale does, text the word awake followed by your response to 622639. we'll read the best responses later in the show. the next 30 minutes will be your cram session for this thursday, may 17th. a lot to tell you about, including the census numbers that some are calling watershed. for the first time in american history, most newborn babies come from minority groups. we'll look inside those numbers. plus, the epic meltdown in the final round of "wheel of fortune" that stunned even a cool veteran like sajak. look at that clue and tell me you wouldn't get that. wait until you see this. first, though, let's get to the news live at 5:30 a.m. here at 30 rock in new york city. >>> vice president joe biden is heading to martins ferry, ohio, this morning, finishing off his two-day swing through that battleground state. in a fiery speech at a you

when he was at the fcc, he was advising the chairman at the time, i believe, on the xm/sirius merger,so he's worked in satellite as well and communications. just because you work on an issue doesn't mean you have a conflict or you have a particular bias. i think amy makes a good point, sometimes you're being a good foot soldier in delivering the policy goals of whoever it is you work for or the body or the private sector that you work for. so it will be interesting. i think there's probably a few more questions as to the private sector experience that ajit pai brings to the commission which will also with a new -- be a new thing because there aren't a lot of commissioners who have work inside the private sector in the past and currently. >> host: well, senator jim demint is another member of the commerce committee and another issue that the two new fcc commissionersing is potential usf reform. senator demint at the hearing back in november asked about that. >> do you think the fcc has the authority to expand the contribution base, um, for universal service fund to internet service pro

i'm glad you're up with us this morning watching on msnbc or listening live on sirius xm radio. you can e-mail me or tweet me @willie geist 1 or you can do what prince charles often does and text the word awake followed by a response to 622639. we'll read the best responses later in the show. the next 30 minutes will be your cram session for this friday, may 11th. a massive bombing in syria that has ripped that country even further apart today. we'll have a report from richard engel. plus a tradition unlike any other. yes, it's that time of the year, again. time for some ritual indian baby tossing. highlights of this year's events later in the show. first let's get to the news live at 5:30 a.m. president obama is off to reno, nevada, this morning after a record-setting fund-raiser last night in california. about 150 people paid 40 grand a pop to attend a backyard dinner party with the president at the home of george clooney. the president spoke for about 19 minutes but it was enough to rake in $15 million. most of that money came through an online raffle where thousands of peopl

lots of stuff going on there but these protests are getting worse and worse and i worsening like sirius and not a lot of people are covering them so we have we are doing work at the. you also check it on our you tube page obviously youtube dot com slash r t america that's the way. he is paying attention to canada andrew blake thank you very much for that update that was our t. web producer andrew blake with a preview of what's trending today thanks liz on our web site. well it's become one of the most notorious places in america the demise of the auto industry spark the downfall of detroit from tens of thousands of vacant homes to an understaffed police force to a government on the brink of bankruptcy detroit has its fair share of problems and it's become the poster child of everything that can go wrong in a city and it's attracted photographers and journalists into the city to shoot so-called ruin pornography but we decide it's not go that route we travelled to the most motor city and saw glimmers of hope we found people in detroit that are resilient people that are sick of waiting for

we're going to talk about sirius xm satellite radio. trying to buy a controlling interest in this satellite radio firm, if john malone likes it, should you buy it at these levels? we have carter worth at oppenheimer. i'm going to start with you. the subscriber transaction that he hoped to have by this time, john malone sees some value there. do you at this point? >> i totally disagree with this there are 22 million subscribers right now. it's a very good business. it's like cable in the 1970s. 40 million cars on the road with it, going to 140 over the next ten years. they are double their ebitda and trending at an 8% free cash flow yield and it's a tok you have to own and i think the selloff has been prompted by the liberty bid. it's a great entry opportunity. >> let's start with the selloff, carter. would you buy it at these levels right now? >> we're not particularly sanguine on this one. it's not exactly and right now and at the 250 level, in terms of the lon der term chart, it's not random where it happens. and now there's a chance

. >> i should mention quickly on sirius. you mentioned it was up.wing there between sirius and its significant holder, john malone. we'll see whether this gives a little more ammunition, so to speak. but that stock is watching by shareholders. i like son-in-law of the tweets yesterday in the wake of the barnes and noble story. what a mistake it can be to bet against malone long term. >> there are a lot of others well above their conversion price on the convert that they got. of course, partners is just a few weeks. by the way, not giving up anything this morning. >> when we come back, gm auto sales set to be released in just a few moments. gm's vice sales will talk to us about the numbers as soon as they're released. and, of course, don't miss the exclusive interviews with charles evans and dennis lockhart who is off the reservation. a lot more squawk on the street is still ahead. recently, students from 31 countries took part in a science test. the top academic performers surprised some people. so did the country that came in 17th place. let's rais